Haas, 'News, Discussion and Book Reviews', LIBRES v4n01 (February 28, 1994) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/libres/libres-v4n01-haas-news.txt LIBRES: Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal __________________________________________________________________ ISSN 1058-6768 February 28, 1994 Volume 4 Issue 1 Quarterly LIBRE4N1 NEWS News, Discussion and Book Reviews Section Editor: Leslie M. Haas NEWS: The News section is for the dissemination of news about conferences, calls for papers, new journals, continuing education workshops, conventions, grants and scholarships. To submit your news send it to lhaas@kentvm or editors@kentvm attention: Leslie M. Haas, Section Editor for News, Discussion, and Book Reviews. ----------------------------------------------------------- THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF WOOD SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY AND FORESTRY. 6-8 July, 1994, Buckinghamshire, U.K. CALL FOR PAPERS Aims of the Conference * To bring together an international group of authors and researchers covering a wide variety of fields. * To present state-of-the-art wood technologies. * To provide a forum for new ideas and to examine emerging technologies. * To provide an opportunity to pool research activities, findings and results. CONFERENCE TOPICS Subjects on which the offer of Papers are invited:- The anatomy of wood Environmental Forestry Genetic Engineering in Forestry Geographical Information Systems in Forestry Environmental Management The Sawing Process and Systems Innovative Saw Design Laser Cutting of Wood Polycrystalline Diamond Wood Tools Sawblade Maintenance Furniture/Joinery Production Advances in wood machinery Wood drying Dimensional Stabilisation of wood Wood Based Composite Panels. LVL Biodegradation of wood Pollution effects on wood preservation in the marine environment How do Wood-Boring animals detect wood? SUBMISSION OF PAPERS AND SYNOPSES Papers for the programme will be selected by a Papers Committee. They will assess synopses for technical merit and relevance to the declared programme profile. The offer of a Paper is taken to imply that an author will be fully funded and available to attend and present the work. Accepted Papers should not exceed 15 sides of A4 text, including tables and illustrations, and should be sent in "camera ready" form, along with a synopsis of approximately 200 words, to Lorna Davis, Conference Co-ordinator, at the address below no later than 14th March, 1994. All synopses received will be acknowledged. SPECIAL EVENTS Early evening Poster exhibition- A chance to examine new technologies close up and have the opportunity of one-to -ones with presenters. Optional theatre trip/evening tour of City of Oxford - at small additional fee. VENUE The conference will take place at Missenden Abbey Management entre. It is a combination of historic and new buildings set in the heart the Chiltern Hills in the village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire, England. It is approximately 35 minutes from Heathrow Airport and 30 miles outside London. Leisure facilities available include 2 Squash Courts, use of a nearby 9 -hole golf course, table-tennis, pool table and a bar. TECHNICAL DIRECTOR The Technical Director will be Mr. Geoffrey Livingstone, Head of the Department of Timber and Construction, at Buckinghamshire College. CONFERENCE ADMINISTRATION The cost of the Conference will be #350. This includes pick-up from Heathrow to Missenden Abbey (on request), on-site ensuite bedroom facilities, full board (including Conference Dinner), all Conference documentation and drop off at Heathrow on Friday afternoon (on request). For a Registration form please apply to Lorna Davis, Conference Coordinator Buckinghamshire College, Queen Alexandra Road High Wycombe, Bucks, HP11 2JZ ENGLAND Tel.no. (44 494) 522141 extn 3003 Fax no. (44 494) 438123 For further information via e-mail contact Dorette@uk.ac.Bucks College. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers The Third International Conference for Systems Integration Sao Paulo City - Brazil July 30th - August 6th, 1994 ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Integration of Society for the Social, Economical, Scientific and Technological Development. This conference focuses on the integration of technologies, processes and systems, and the development of mechanisms and tools enabling solutions to complex multi-disciplinary problems dealing with agriculture, housing, telecommunications, financing and business, public services, education and software. The conference will provide an international and interdisciplinary forum in which researchers, educators, managers, practitioners and politicians, involved within the production process, can share novel research and development, education, production, trading, management and political experiences. Papers should deal with recent effort in theory, design, implementation, methodology, technics, tools and experiences of integration. Topics to be addressed include, but are not limited to: Technical and Scientific Aspects: - Integration, Modeling, Characterization and Automation of Process and Systems - Reengineering and Simplification of Processes - Computational Environments and Software Factories for Engineering, Design, Manufacturing and System Development - Rol of Human Engineering in Integration - Experiences within National or Continental Software Projects - The Implication of Systems Integration for Manpower Skills - Quality Control and Certification in Organizational and Process Integration. Social, Political and Economical Aspects: - Experiences in Modeling, Development, Evolution and Integration of Enterprises - Experiences in Management and Identification of Value-Add Chains within Agriculture, Housing, Telecommunications, Financing and Business, Public Services, Education and Software - Public Policies and City Management - Management of Multi-dimensional Integration. Infrastructure Aspects: - Qualified Information Resources - Education and Training - Science and Technology - Enterprise Development. Information and Instructions for Authors: All papers must be in English or Portuguese, typed in double spaced format, and may not exceed 6,000 words. Each submission should provide a cover page containing author(s), affiliation(s), complete address(es), identification of principal author, and telephone number. Also include SIX copies of complete text with a title and abstract. Notice of acceptance will be mailed to the principal author(s) by March 15, 1994. If accepted, the author(s) will prepare the final manuscript, in English, in time for inclusion in the conference proceedings and will present the paper at the conference; otherwise, the author(s) will incur a page charge. Authors of accepted papers must sign a copyright release form. The proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Send SIX copies of your paper(s) to: Prof. Peter A. Ng IIISis - USA Office - New Jersey Institute of Technology University Heights Newark, NJ 07102 USA For Further Information, Contact: Prof. Peter A. Ng Prof. Fuad Gattaz Sobrinho Fone:(1) (201) 596-3387 OR Phone:(55)(192) 41-4504 Fax: (1)(201) 596-5777 Fax: (55)(192) 41-3098 Email: ng_p@vienna.njit.edu Email: iiisis@ccvax.unicamp.br ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>>> Paper Arrival Deadline: March 3rd, 1994 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ------------------------------------------------------------------- CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Conference Chair Fuad Gattaz Sobrinho IIISis Program Chair Peter A. Ng NJIT Finance & Business Co-Chair Alcir A. Calliari Banco do Brasil Agriculture Co-Chair Ney B. Araujo ABAG European Co-Chair Herbert Weber University of Dortmund Pac!fic Co-Chair Fumihiko Kamijo IPA Middle East Co-Chair Asuman Dogac METU South America Co-Chair Julio C. S. P. Leite PUC/RJ North America Co-Chair Bruce Berra Syracuse University Tutorials Co-Chairs Oscar Ivan Palma Pacheco EMBRAPA Murat M. Tanik SMU Organization Co-Chairs Rita de Cassia A. Marchiore IIISis Carole Poth NJIT Steering Committee Chair Peter A. Ng NJIT Honorary Advisors Raymond T. Yeh C. V. Ramamoorthy Laurence C. Seifert Honorary Conference Chair Irma Rossetto Passoni Sc&Tech, Info. and Comm. Comission of Brazilian Congress. Sponsored by IIISis - International Institute for Systems Integration, BB - Banco do Brasil, TELEBRAS, FINEP, CNPq, FBB, with colaboration of NJIT, SUCESU, EMBRAPA, ABAG, ACM e IEEE Computer Society. Instituto Internacional de Integracao de Sistemas - IIISis - Brazil. ___________________________________________________________ CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS on RACE AND IDENTITY IN THE UNITED STATES This is a call for submissions for a new anthology which will reflect various views on race and identity in the United States. Authors are sought from all ethnicities writing about subjects relating to this topic as they see fit. Writings will include, but will not be limited to, essays, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, biography and academic work. The intent of publishing this book is threefold: to serve as a catalyst for discussion on how race affects identity in the United States, to collect writings for an anthology able to stand on its own as literature, and to give an opportunity to writers who have not been published to print their work alongside well-known authors. This anthology will not be limited to academic circles. It is intended to be published for the public at large. All submissions must be hard copy and should be accompanied by diskette (3.5") or sent via electronic mail. Submissions may be of any length up to 25 book pages. All electronic submissions should be in plain text form or in a popular program format such as WordPerfect for IBM-PCs or Word for Macs. Deadline: September 30, 1994. Submissions received later will have decreasing chances of being reviewed, but are not automatically excluded. Send all submissions and questions to: Re-Cheng Tsang or Jonathan Jaffe 301 Thomson Hall DR-05 Seattle, WA 98195 USA (206)524-6098 E-mail: recheng@u.washington.edu jonasan@u.washington.edu Neither submissions nor diskettes will be returned. _________________________________________________________________ THE UPSIDE OF DOWNSIZING: USING BI TO COPE presented by The Donald C. Davidson Library and Friends of the University of California, Santa Barbara Library Hotel Radisson Santa Barbara, California March 24 - 25, 1994 FOR INFORMATION AND A BROCHURE Send e-mail to Rosemary Meszaros, LB10ROSE@UCSBUXA.UCSB.EDU or call 805/893-2647. GENERAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION This day-and-a-half long conference spotlights imaginative, achievable ways of using instruction to meet user needs in the leaner yet technologically-keener 1990s. LOCATION Santa Barbara offers the perfect setting for an end-of-winter conference. The Hotel Radisson is situated overlooking the ocean just yards from East Beach, a world-renowned stretch of Pacific coastline. REGISTRATION The non-refundable registration fee is $125 for the day-and-a-half conference, including luncheon on Thursday. Registration after February 15 is $150. Attendance is limited. Registration will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis. The deadline for registration is February 15, 1994; late registration will be accepted until March 18, 1994 as space allows. ALL-CONFERENCE SPEAKERS * CARLA STOFFLE, Keynote Speaker (Dean of the University of Arizona Libraries, 1992 ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year, recipient of the 1991 Miriam Dudley Bibliographic Instruction Librarian of the Year Award, past-President of ACRL) * BARBARA QUINT (Editor of Searcher, columnist for Wilson Library Bulletin and Information Today, founder of the Southern California Online Users Group, and information broker, Quint & Associates) * JANICE D. SIMMONS-WELBURN (Head of Reference and Coordinator, Systemwide Reference Services, University of Iowa) * JOSEPH BOISSE (University Librarian, University of California, Santa Barbara, past-President of ACRL) * JOANNE EUSTER (University Librarian, University of California, Irvine, past-President of ACRL) * GERALD LOWELL (University Librarian, University of California, San Diego) * GLORIA WERNER (University Librarian, University of California, Los Angeles) SPEAKERS AT BREAKOUT SESSIONS * Ann Coder and Margie Smith (University of Hawaii Manoa) * Karen Downing (University of Michigan) * Andrea L. Duda (UCSB) * Donald Frank (Harvard University) * Polly Frank and Alison Levene (Mankato State University) * Esther Grassian and Joan Kaplowitz (UCLA) * Michele Hanson (University of Arizona) * Tony Harvell (University of San Diego) * Trudi E. Jacobson and David A. Tyckoson (SUNY Albany) * John Kupersmith (University of Texas Austin) * Christine Oka, Patrick Dawson, Lisa Melendez and Adan Griego (UCSB) * Patricia C. Payne and Lana Jackman (University of Massachusetts Boston) * Hannelore Rader (Cleveland State) * Fred Roecker (Ohio State University) * Marilyn Russell-Bogle and Deborah Petersen-Perlman (U Minnesota, Duluth) * Andrea Weinschenk and J. Christina Smith (Boston University) * Lynn Westbrook (University of Michigan) and Sherry DeDecker (UCSB) * Joan H. Worley (Maryville College) * Nora Zukas (University of Illinois Chicago) _________________________________________________________________ Call for Papers INFORMATION INDUSTRY IN TRANSITION Canadian Association for Information Science 22nd Annual Conference May 25 - May 27, 1994 McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Canadian Association for Information Science in its 22nd Annual Conference will explore the transformation of information industry, from its modest beginning with a handful of online vendors to its current position involving some 5,000 organizations, and its future development. Experts, researchers and academia are invited to join CAIS to address the following issues: * Information, its nature and form * Information technology * Information providers * Information networks * Information products and services * Information users The conference will be held in Montreal, from May 25 to May 27 at McGill University. It will include keynote speakers, presentations, panel discussions and poster sessions. Papers will be fully refereed and published in the proceedings. -------------------------------------------- Please send submissions by March 1, 1994 to: -------------------------------------------- Jamshid Beheshti Co-Chair, Conference Committee, (English) Program Committee Graduate School of Library & Information Studies McGill University 3459 McTavish Street, Montral, Quebec, H3A 1Y1, Canada Tel: (514) 398-4204 Fax: (514) 398-7193 e-mail: injz@musicb.mcgill.ca James Turner Co-Chair, Conference Committee, (French) Program Committee Universite de Montreal Ecole de bibliotheconomie et des sciences de l'information Montral, Quebec, H3C 3J7, Canada Tel: (514) 343-2454 Fax: (514) 343-5753 e-mail: turner@ere.umontreal.ca Information for the Authors Research and scholarly articles on the above topics are accepted for publication in the proceedings of CAIS/ACSI '94 conference. Manuscripts should not exceed 3000 words and should have proper references, tables, graphs and illustrations if appropriate. Two copies of manuscripts should be submitted in hardcopy for refereeing no later than March 1, 1994. Extended abstracts will be considered. Authors will be notified by Fax or E-mail of acceptance and possible revisions of their papers. Copies of the final paper must be submitted in hardcopy and ASCII computer file by April 21 for typesetting. For further information, please contact Jamshid Beheshti or James Turner. Members of the Program Committee: Andy Large, McGill University Phil Troy, McGill University Jean Tague-Sutcliffe, University of Western Ontario Carolyn Watters, Acadia University Jim Nie, Universite de Montreal Local arrangements, Publicity Committee: Allan Bell (Chair), McGill University Darlene Canning, McGill University Bob Clarke, McGill University Anca Medesan, Concordia University Proceedings: Albert Tabah, Universite de Montreal Allan Bell - Reference Librarian - McLennan Library, McGill University 3459 McTavish Street - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - H3A 1Y1 BELL@LIB1.LAN.McGill.Ca - ADLD@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA - allan@polestar.facl.mcgill.ca (NeXT mail) - phone: 514-398-4750 ____________________________________________________________ Continuing Education Seminars, 1993-94, (updated 12/14/93) Sponsored by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) The University of Texas at Austin Program Update (7 seminars) 1) Austin, Texas, February 19, 1994 -- one-day seminar, "Cataloging Audiovisual Materials for On-line Systems," will be held at the Education Building, The University of Texas at Austin. Fee is $45 ($40 @ grouprate). The speaker is Dr. Joanna Fountain, professional consultant and lecturer at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, The University of Texas at Austin. This seminar will serve as an introduction and refresher to school public, academic, and other librarians confronting the need to create original cataloging records for print and non-print materials, or to edit records obtained from bibliographic utilities and other vendors for local use. The presentations will review (1) pertinent AACR2 and MARC applications, including proposed revisions for simplification and format integration, and (2) selection of subject headings based on current authorities. Participants are encouraged to bring cataloging questions, a copy of AACR2 (1988 revision), and any other cataloging tools about which they might have questions. 2) Austin, Texas, March 3-4, 1994 -- two-day workshop, "Library & Information Leadership Institute 1994: Moving Up in Academic Library Administration," will be held at the Guest Quarters Suite Hotel in Austin. Fee is $195 ($180 @ grouprate). The speakers are Dr. Brooke E. Sheldon, dean of the GSLIS, The University of Texas at Austin; Richard W. Meyer, director of the library at Trinity University; Shelley Phipps, assistant dean for team facilitation, University of Arizona; and Mary Moore, Karen Seibert and Mary Lynn Rice-Lively, doctoral candidates in library and information science at The University of Texas at Austin. Topics include: "The nature of leadership," "Developing essential qualities for success," "Values and decision-making in the academic environment," "Restructuring the organization: the team approach," "Evaluation of academic library services; outcomes assessment; quality factors in academic environments," "Transforming the reference room--trends in delivery of electronic information," "New roles in fundraising," and "Developing a personal leadership development agenda." 3) NEW*** Austin, Texas, March 25, 1994 -- one-day seminar, "Using Micrographics and Optical Disks to Manage Records" will be held at the Thompson Conference Center at The University of Texas at Austin. Fee is $95 ($85 @ group rate). The speaker is Dr. Eugenia Brumm, of Brumm Consulting. This program is designed to provide a basic understanding of the tools and technologies being utilized to organize, store and retrieve records, so that attendees can make informed choices about the varied forms of micrographics and optical disk systems. Topics for micrographics include microfilm, microfiche, microfilm jackets, aperture cards, COM, CAR, rotary and planetary cameras, legal issues, and quality issues. Topics for optical disks include a technology overview, advantages/disadvantages of OD, critical success factors for OD, and legal issues. 4) NEW*** Austin, Texas, April 8, 1994 -- one-day seminar, "Non-paper Based Collections: Strategies for Preservation" will be held at the Thompson Conference Center at The University of Texas at Austin. Fee is $65 ($55 @ group rate). The speaker is Paul Banks, senior lecturer in preservation and conservation studies at The University of Texas at Austin, Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Types of media discussed will include works of art, photos, film, sound recordings, realia, and computer media. Topics covered include causes and rates of deterioration, copying for preservation and use, controlling environment, and housing and management issues. 5) Austin, Texas, April 29, 1994 -- one-day seminar, "Business Reference: The Basics and Beyond," will be held at the Thompson Conference Center at The University of Texas at Austin. Fee is $65 ($55 @ group rate). The speaker is Elisa Bass, research librarian at Sematech in Austin. Topics include: "Know your Customer"--characteristics of the business community that influence your customers and their requests; "Laying the Groundwork"--key things to ask and know to help you answer requests more effectively even if you don't have a business background; "Tools of the Trade" --standard published sources, creative published sources, government filings, industry watchers & players, major online databases, using the Internet, and international resources; and "Competitive Intelligence" --how it adds to the big picture. 6) Austin, Texas, Thursday and Friday, June 2-3, 1994 -- due to popular demand, we will be having a SIXTH PRESENTATION of the two-day seminar, "APPM and Archival Cataloging: a Workshop in the Practical Application of Archives, Personal Papers and Manuscripts, 2nd Edition," held at the Guest Quarters Suite Hotel in Austin, TX. Do call to see if space is available, because this seminar is limited to 40 registrants and filled up very early when given previously. Fee is $250 (no group rate is available). Lunches and handout material are included, but you must bring your own copy of APPM 2nd edition for use in the workshop. Copies may be ordered from Teresa Brinati at the Society of American Archivists, Chicago, phone (312) 922-0140. The speaker is Steve Hensen, assistant director of special collections at Duke University Library, and author of "Archives, Personal Papers and Manuscripts," the AACR2-based cataloging manual recommended by LC, OCLC, RLIN, and SAA as the authorized standard for all archival cataloging. The program will be a hands-on workshop utilizing a combination of lectures, open discussion, and working exercises. It is aimed both at practicing archivists with responsibilities in bibliographic description as well as library catalogers who need to know more about modern archival cataloging. Some familiarity with US MARC-AMC format will be useful. Topics covered include: "Archival Cataloging in General," "Bibliographic Components and Record Types," " Archival Titles," "Physical Description and Statements of Extent," "Archival Cataloging Notes in General," "Principal and Other Notes," and "USMARC AMC Format Considerations." 7) DATE CHANGE*** Austin, Texas, Monday-Friday, June 20-24, 1994--the five-day workshop, "1994 Workshop in Visual Resources Collection Fundamentals: Current & Emerging," will be held in the Fine Arts Building at The University of Texas at Austin. Fee is $395 (no group rate, very limited enrollment), dormitory accommodations are available in Jester Center through UT Summer Conference Housing. The Speakers are Nancy Schuller, senior lecturer and curator of visual arts for the Visual Resources Collection, Department of Art, The University of Texas at Austin; Christine Sundt, curator of the Slide and Photograph Collection, The University of Oregon Library of Architecture and Applied Arts; and Toni Petersen, director and one of the founders of the Art & Architecture Thesaurus Project of the Getty Art History Information Program. Co-sponsored by the UT Austin Department of Art and Art History. This workshop is a revised version of the Visual Resources Collection Fundamentals Workshop held in previous years. In addition to aspects of traditional image management, this workshop will introduce emerging issues that visual resources curators must now begin to consider in their long-range planning. It is designed for persons just beginning as visual resources curators in educational institutions, museums, archives, or the private sector, those who wish to gain knowledge of the field as a potential career choice, as well as for those wishing to refresh their training and learn about how new technologies are changing the visual resources landscape. Topics will include: acquisition and collection development; facilities planning; conservation and maintenance; circulation and control; administrative activities; descriptive cataloging and classification; ICONCLASS and The Art and Architecture Thesaurus; and electronic access to images. ***************************************************************** Group rate applies for 3 or more participants from the same organization or association who register as a group. For more information, or to register, contact David Terry at (512) 471-8806; email: gldt@utxdp.dp.utexas.edu; fax (512) 471-3971. ***************Preliminary announcement****************** Please mark your calendar for a one day conference to be held in Cincinnati on June 23, 1994. The conference is entitled "The Clinical Information Station: Concept and Reality: The Point, Promise, Patient Record (and other Pieces), Path, Pilot, Problems, Progress, Plan, and Price. The Conference is sponsored by the University of Cincinnati Medical Center Libraries, the Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, the Friends of the National Library of Medicine, Merck, Inc., and other corporate sponsors. The Program: *********************************** The Point and the Promise Why do we care and what is the vision Colonel John Silva, M.D., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences ************************************ The Patient Record/Database and other Pieces What are the key components Mark Frisse, M.D., Washington University School of Medicine *********************************** The Path What is the model and required infrastructure? Richard C. Howe, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati *********************************** The Pilot Clinical Information Station One person's view J. Robert Beck, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine *********************************** A Panel Discussion (Problems, Progress, Plan & Price) Moderator: Nancy M. Lorenzi, Ph.D. Panelists: John Silva, M.D. Mark Frisse, M.D. Richard Howe, Ph.D. J. Robert Beck, M.D. Hugh Hawkins, M.D., University of Cincinnati Mary Ellen Mahoney, M.S., R.R.A., University of Cincinnati Betsy Weiner, Ph.D., R.N., University of Cincinnati ************************************* The registration fee is $100, which includes meals and refreshments. For further information or to receive a conference brochure and enrollment form, contact Diana Smith at: Voice: (513)558-5656 Fax: (513)558-2682 Internet: Diana.Smith@uc.edu _________________________________________________________________ ANNOUNCING IPCT JOURNAL AVAILABLE VIA GOPHER Interpersonal Computing and Technology: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century The publisher and editors of "IPCT: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century" are pleased to announce that IPCT Journal, including all back issues, is available via gopher from GUVM.CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU (or 141.161.71.1). Point your gopher to this location (port 70) and select from the top menu, "LISTSERV maintained Files and Notelogs/." Alternatively, coming in via Gopher menus, from "Other Gopher Sites" or "International Gopher Networks," follow the menus down: North America/USA/Washington D.C./Georgetown University/Information Systems/Listserv maintained Files and Notelogs. (Note: The IPCT-L Discussion List Notelogs can be found here, too.) This new option for accessing IPCT Journal will not effect any person already subscribed to IPCT-L or IPCT-J. Anyone can, if preferred, subscribe to the IPCT-J@GUVM.GEORGETOWN.EDU list and receive the Journal via LISTSERV distribution, (see instructions below). The next issue (v2n1) will be published later this month. Articles in IPCT Journal are full length (10-20 pages with notes and bibliography) done in APA format. Published articles have been rigorously peer-reviewed and include, but are not limited to, the following topics: use of electronic networks in the classroom, electronic publishing, use of electronic networks and information exchange, library applications of electronic communication, professional relationships carried on via electronic communication, use of electronic communication in higher education, business, industry and government and related topics. Articles may have a humanistic or social science cast. Technological articles are considered to the extent that they are intelligible to the bulk of the readers and are not specific to any particular hardware configuration. Articles can be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief, Gerald Phillips, GMP3@PSUVM.BITNET or gmp3@psuvm.psu.edu (internet). TO SUBSCRIBE TO IPCT-J PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW: Send a message in following form to LISTSERV@GUVM or LISTSERV@GUVM.GEORGETOWN.EDU To: LISTSERV@GUVM.GEORGETOWN.EDU ----------------- SUBSCRIBE IPCT-J YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME _____ Articles and Sections of this issue of _LIBRES: Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal_ may be retrieved via anonymous ftp to cc.curtin.edu.au or via e-mail message addressed to LISTSERV@KENTVM or LISTSERV@KENTVM.KENT.EDU (instructions below) Papers may be submitted at anytime by email or send/file to: Diane K. Kovacs- Editor-in-Chief, _LIBRES: Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal, EDITORS@KENTVM.KENT.EDU _________________________________ *Copyright Declaration* Copyright of articles published by LIBRES: Library and Information Science Electronic Journal is held by the author of a given article. If an article is re-published elsewhere it must include a statement that it was originally published in LIBRES. The LIBRES Editors reserve the right to maintain permanent archival copies of all submissions and to provide print copies to appropriate indexing services for for indexing and microforming. _________________________________ ____________________________ GOPHER Instructions ____________________________ GOPHER will be available for future Issues. ____________________________ Anonymous FTP Instructions ____________________________ ftp cc.curtin.edu.au login: anonymous password: guest cd LIB-RESEARCH get filename (where filename = exact name of file in Table of Contents quit LISTSERV Retrieval Instructions _______________________________ Send e-mail addressed to LISTSERV@KENTVM (Bitnet) or LISTSERV@KENTVM.KENT.EDU Leave the subject line empty. The message must read: GET LIBRE4N1 CONTENTS Use this file to identify particular articles or sections then send e-mail to LISTSERV@KENTVM or LISTSERV@KENTVM.KENT.EDU with the command: GET where is LIBRE#N# name) and is the name of the author